Improvement in sugar-mills



J. PAYNTER.

Sugar Mill.

Patented July 12, 1859.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PAYNTER, or SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA, AssIeNoE'ro InMsELE AND JOHNMOGORKLE, 0E SAME PLACE.

lMPROVEMENT IN SUGAR-MILLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 24,781. dated July 12,1859.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN PAYNTER, of Shelbyville, in the county ofShelby and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Sugar-Mills, of which the following is a full and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification and the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a perspective with a section of the frame A cut out for thepurpose of showing the arrangement of the rollers, gearing, the. Fig. 2is asection showing the operation of the machine in crushing cane, andthe passage of the cane through the machine into the box I. Fig. 3section showing the passage of the cane through the rollers I, J, and K.

The following is a description of the construction and operation of themachine:

A is a frame, which is revolved by the le ver B, and turns .upon theupright journal or pivot G. The beveled wheel D gears with the pinionE,,which is upon the same shaft with and gives motion to the wheel F andcrushing-roller I. The wheel Fgears with the wheels G and H, which,being upon the same shaft with, revolve the rollers J and K.

O is a scraper'which clears the roller J of the crushed cane, passing orguiding the The gearing is also operated in such a man ner that thepower required to operate the rollers is always in a line with the leverB,

by which the machine is revolved. The advantages are further seen in thefact that as the mill is revolved the weight of the same impartssteadiness of motion, thereby retaining the momentum gained by the powerapplied, while the mill is lightly or irregularly fed, and securing theefi'ect of the balance or fly wheel. In the operation of this millthefeed has been varied from five to thirty-five stalks without materiallyaffecting the operation of the mill. N 0 mill that has been used in thissection of the country has been able to crush one-half the number ofgallons in the same time with a single horse.

\Vhat I claim is The combination and arrangement of the journal 0, wheelD, gearing E, F, G, and H, and rollers I, J, and K, the whole beingsuspended in the frame A, and constructed and operated substantially asdescribed.

JOHN PAYNTER.

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SrENoER IIIATT,

JOHN H. REns'roNE.

